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AudioHead's post below reminded me of this topic.I'll say now that the scariest movie I ever saw was "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) followed probably by "Psycho" and later by "The Exorcist" and "The Shining".
But the movie that actually scared me the most at the time I saw it was "Rear Window" when it first came out. My dad took me to see it and it scared the crap out of me.
Yours?
Jacob's Ladder...creppy like "The Ring", but much worse.
Excellent movie. It was stylized in a way that actually helped drive the complex narrative. It also left itself open to more than one legitimate interpretation. I really liked that.
Alien (saw it in the theater when I was 13)... and Halloween (12)... now the movie that scares me most is 'Gigli', because it's coming on Starz for a month and I'm a channel surfer
I agree with Alien. Saw it in the theatre when I was 9. Big mistake....=)
...it may be prophetic and "Greg Stilson" made it to the White House."The missiles are flying, Hallelujah!"
Very scary dude.
Pee Wee should have rented a tape, I still miss him on Saturday mornings.
Yeah, sometimes I rent some of the old Playhouse episodes to get my fix, but it's just not the same as catching it on Saturday morning TV. Why, Pee-Wee, why??
I would watch it every Sat morning with the kids. That was a very off the wall show and I miss it.
nt
RubenSan Francisco, California
The execution scene was quite disturbing. Excellent movie. Someone once suggested that it be required viewing after any veiwings of Rambo.
Funny and frightening.
(The original European version, of course, not the piece-of-crap Hollywood re-make).
The scariness of this movie isn't the knife-wielding-loonie jumping-from-behind-the-door variety.
It's terror you internalize...
Good call...I've never felt so creaped out at a movie. I really wanted to get out of that theatre as soon as it was over.
It's a serious contender for the most staggeringly idiotic remake ever. Of course it's totally predictable how the ending would have to be turned around for a U.S. remake, but actually watching it had me ROTFLMAO. It was almost a parody of Hollywood.
I just checked IMDB, and the same guy (George Sluzier) directed both the original and the unbelievably horrible remake. Extremely odd! Hmm.... Maybe it was an intentional parody of Hollywood after all.
that garbage. The reason the original antagonist was so "creepy" is that he's so "everyman." Bridges brought more scenery-chewing gimmicks to his "performance" than a highschool walk-on.
nt
To me, this is scaier than any listed below. Freaked my wife out for *weeks*. I don't really get scared by horror movies much any more, but this aught us by surprise. It May be the best of the Japanese horror movies out there. Its region 2, but I think there is a region 0 version out too. They are making an American version to come out in the fall, but I suspect it won't be as good.
WATCH THIS MOVIE!
enjoy,
Jack
PS. Have some pampers handy when you watch it.
nt
I saw them both in a double feature as a kid and each scared the crap out of me. Had nightmares from Trogg, actually, for a week or two after.Chris
Hepcat,This is an easy one for me. I went to the big Avco cinema in Westwood, CA (Los Angeles , Westside) and saw the original Ridley Scott "Alien" 80' wide. I had not heard any of the details of that one, so the chest popping scene and others were completely out of the blue, though the tension never abated and I expected the unexpected. I am not usually such a sucker for guys in rubber suits that pop out of dark corners movies, but that one took me in completely- definitely an all day sucker there. I think too how amazing the depth of "realism" the sets and action had and this was 1979, only three years after the brilliant but more cartoon-like original "Star Wars." Amazing work and Scott with "Blade Runner" (1982)- another frightening film psychologically- sealed his rating with me as the best science fiction fantasy directors.
As a little kid, I think I would have to say "War of the Worlds" and then not long later for years, my top would be Hitchcock's "The Birds". as a psychological dramam, I was really on the edge of my seat with the origianal "Diabolique"- the thought of that scummy school swimming pool gived me shudders today.
Cheers,
Bambi B
I remember almost calling out, "Don't go in there!!" as they entered the alien ship.
rico,"Alien" - like Scott's "Blade Runer" certainly had more going than the usual science fiction deal. A big part of the movies success was the production design- and a kind of reticience. Scott was extremely smart to never show Giger's monster whole or clearly and I thought the way both the crashed ship and the 'Nostromo' were brilliant wonderful in the way the interiors of the ships were related in forms to the alien- the little ribbed ductwork anf pipes of the ship made the alien fit to the background almost camoflage it. Remember the giant pilot of the crashed ship "like he's growing out of the chair". The scene where they climb up and look at him, "he exploded from inside" made such a great premonition of things to come. Marvelous photography.
When Hurt goes into the eggs chamber and describes the eggs as "leathery eggs or something", I also agreed with you and Veronica Cartwright when she said - a couple of times "Let's get the hell out of here".
Even though the movie in all was a bit predictable- we know that a horror movie called 'Alien' is going to have certain elements, and through typical sci fi inattention, "Hey gang, let's all mosey over into that dark room with only one small door in a completely relaxed way"- there will be nasty casualties, the creature, the production style, the twist of Ash (Holms) being an "artificial person" and the ominous priority rule of bringing back an alien- the crew is expendable kept it all together. I would also mention the symphonic, classically-based music and the overall kind of quietness of most of the movie that made the self-destruct/escape scenes at the end so much more dramatic. Then it returns to quiet in the escape ship and we see Weaver at her most vulnerable in her underwear- false ending - until we see how devious and intelligent the alien is- blending into the equipment.
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I would also add another strong contender for me, "Silence of the Lambs" which also just has everything in order. Not a foot wrong anywhere for it's genre, intelligent as can be.
It is always difficult to recreate the sensations of seing something for the first time, but "Silence" is forever fresh and I'm sure I've seen it three or four times.
But, there are almost always sequel problems and none of the successors to "Alien" or "Silence" intrigued me as much as the originals. I have always liked the extreme quirkiness of Jeunet and Caro "Delicatessen" has some scary atmosphere and some brilliant film-making, but I thought their Alien never held together.
I would add to my list the original "Nosferatu" -the scene in which the vampyre is rotated from lying in the coffin to the vertical and those rat-like teeth was amazing and a permanent movie image. I like Herzog a lot but his remake with the mad Kinski did not measure up.*** I would use these two movies to demonstrate the difference created by colour as compared to black and white. See also the old and new "Diaboliques"..
***I had high hopes for the related Malkovich film, "Shadow of the Vampire" as the behind the scenes making of the original, but I'm sorry it didn't hold my attention.
Finally, it had enough of a stage-like dream quality that perhaps it was not as overtly frightening, but the "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1919) is just wonderful looking and the revelation at the end makes the surreal quality- caused by the shortage of set materials and even lights just after WWI, was extraordinary. The contrrast of the old-fashioned clothes to the German Expressionist sets was fantastic and indelible. Say, hasn't Frank Gehrey modelled his entire work on the "Cabinet" sets?
Cheers,
Bambi B
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on the way to the alien ship Ash says, "We must keep going, we've got to keep going".
rico,I'm not entirely certain, but I've always thought it's John Hurt's voice we hear saying, "We must keep going, we've got to keep going."
Cheers,
Bambi B
when I was a teenager; Japanese "The Ring" more recentlyGrins
this would probably be #3 on the list for me and I recently bought the Director's Cut DVD and it wasn't as bad as I remembered it being as a youngster.Chris
What was that film where she poured hot wax on Wilem Dafoe's groin?But seriously....
Jaws (as a kid who spent 7 consecutive summers on Cape Cod) scared me into becoming a serious land lover. Then, of course I saw all of the George Romero films and I have enjoyed diving with sharks ever since.
Here little sharky sharky...
Tosh Quint
The original 1960 B&W version. Not that God awful POS remake done in 1995 with Christopher Reeve & Kirstie Alley.
The Exorcist. Jaws and Alien were pretty scary too. All great movies IMO.
as a kid was scared of many things but in adultery ;-) was truly spooked only by The Ring.Can't comment on the American remake which I haven't seen.
... and I also haven't viewed the american version, but after watching 'Ringu', I sure noticed noises in the house after I went to bed... gave me the heebs
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This is a fun poll...I was about 8 years old when me mum let me go to a "kiddie matinee" with some pals...turned out one of the films was Corman's Pit and the Pendulum...Vinnie Price scared the crap outta me, and I wouldn't go in the basement at home for weeks.
About a year later, I caught the orignal Dracula on the local Chiller Theater...Bela Lugosi STILL gives me the creeps, and just like there is only one Sherlock Holmes (B. Rathbone), one James Bond (Connery)...Bela is THE blodsucker of all time for me. (BTW...anybody check out the dvd of Dracula with The Kronos Quartet soundtrack? A great addition to a classic!).
Psycho gave me a chill, but mainly the ending, with Norman/Tony Perkins starring at the screen, and the "I wouldn't hurt a fly" line. The shower scene is disturbing (and extremely well done), but not really scary, imo.
A few years later, The Exorcist scared me pretty good...this was quite a phenom. in the early 70's...I saw it on an Army base in California, and ALOT of soldiers got up and left after Regan did the 360 degree thing with her head.
Tony Hopkins in Silence of Lambs (and it's sequels, to a lesser degree) creeped me out a bit more recently.
In recent years, the best "jump outta my seat" moment came with the John Carpentar remake of The Thing...when the drawn blood is heated and turns into a baby monster... and that SCHREEECH on the soundtrack...whoa! I shown to film over the years to many friends, and it never fails to get the blood pumping.
Al the best,
Gary
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